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" His whole property is then immediately taxed from two to ten per cent. Besides the probate, large fees are demanded for burying him in the chancel ; his virtues are handed down to posterity on taxed marble ; and he... "
Smugglers and Smuggling - Page 71
by Alpheus Hyatt Verrill - 1924 - 327 pages
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Readings in English Social History, from Pre-Roman Days to A.D. 1837

Robert Burns Morgan - Great Britain - 1923 - 696 pages
...has paid 15 per cent. — flings himself back upon his chintz-bed, which has paid 22 per cent., — makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a licence of an hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then...
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From Adam Smith to Philip Snowden: A History of Free Trade in Great Britain

Francis Wrigley Hirst - Free enterprise - 1925 - 104 pages
...spoon which has paid 15 per cent, flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid 22 per cent, makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a licence of £100 for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately...
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Bosquejo histórico de la ciudad de Santo Domingo, de los restos de Colón, i ...

Federico Llaverías - Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic) - 1925 - 544 pages
...has paid fifteen per cent, flings himself back in his chintz bed which has paid twenty-two percent, makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a license of a hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then...
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Classical Economics: January 1819 to January 1820, Volume 1

Donald Rutherford - Classical school of economics - 1996 - 520 pages
...that has paid 15 percent. — flings himself back upon his chintz-bed which has paid 22 per cent. — makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a license of an hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then...
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By-roads in History

200 pages
...has paid 15 per cent. — flings himself back upon his chintz-bed, which has paid 22 per cent., — makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a licence of an hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then...
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The Industrial Revolution

James L. Outman - Industrial revolution - 2003 - 516 pages
...paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid twenty-two per cent., makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a licence of £100 for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately...
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Readings in English Social History from Contemporary Literature

162 pages
...has paid 15 per cent. — flings himself back upon his chintz-bed, which has paid 22 per cent., — makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a licence of an hundred pounds for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then...
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The growth of English industry and commerce in modern times, Part 1

William Cunningham - Free enterprise - 1938 - 456 pages
...paid fifteen per cent., flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid twenty-two per cent., makes his will on an eight pound stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary, who has paid a licence of £100 for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately...
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United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 6081

United States - 1911 - 674 pages
...cent; flings himself back upon his chintz bed, which has paid 22 per cent; makes his will on an £8 stamp, and expires in the arms of an apothecary who has paid a license of £100 for the privilege of putting him to death. His whole property is then immediately...
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